August 30th Birthdays

Aaron Barrett, lead singer of Reel Big Fish, was born on this day in 1974 in San Bernardino County, CA.

Also born on August 30th:

• 1939
  Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
• 1941
  Ben Jones, American actor, politician
• 1943
  Robert Crumb, American cartoonist
• 1946
  Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
• 1948
  Lewis Black, American comedian
• 1951
  Timothy Bottoms, American actor
  Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer, politician
• 1953
  Horace Panter, British bassist
  Robert Parish, American basketball player
• 1954
  David Paymer, American actor
  Alexander Lukashenko, 1st President of Belarus
• 1956
  Frank Conniff, American comedian
• 1958
  Martin Jackson, British drummer
• 1963
  Michael Chiklis, American actor
• 1966
  Michael Michele, American actress
• 1971
  Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist
• 1972
  Cameron Diaz, American actress
• 1976
  Mike Koplove, American baseball player
  Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress
• 1977
  Shaun Alexander, American football player
  Marlon Byrd, American baseball player
  Elden Henson, American actor
• 1978
  Cliff Lee, American baseball player
• 1979
  Marin Ireland, American actress
  Leon Lopez, British actor
• 1980
  Derrick Ward, American football player
• 1981
  Germán Legarreta, American actor
  Adam Wainwright, American baseball player
• 1986
  Ryan Ross, American guitarist
• 1987
  Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 30th:

• 1961
  Charles Coburn, American actor, Oscar winner (age 84)
• 1968
  William Talman, American actor, screenwriter (age 53)
• 1970
  Del Moore, American comedian, actor (age 54)
• 1979
  Jean Seberg, American actress (age 40)
• 1981
  Vera-Ellen, American actress, dancer (age 60)
• 1985
  Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (age 84)
• 1993
  Richard Jordan, American actor (age 56)
• 1995
  Sterling Morrison, American guitarist, singer (Velvet Underground), (age 53)
• 2002
  J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, screenwriter (age 88)
• 2003
  Charles Bronson, American actor (age 81)
• 2006
  Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (age 90)
• 2013
  Seamus Heaney, Irish poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (age 74)
• 2015
  Wes Craven, American director, screenwriter, actor (age 76)
• 2019
  Valerie Harper, American actress
• 2022
  Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet President, Nobel laureate (age 91)